Five Points31 Great Jones St., nr. Lafayette St.;
212-253-5700
Chef Marc Meyer wrote the book on brunch—literally (it’s coming out this September from Rizzoli). His weekend menu’s a mélange of comfort-food classics, the kitchen staff’s Mexican recipes, and a Mediterranean curveball or two (ricotta fritters with clover honey).

Tanoreen7704 Third Ave., nr. 77th St.,
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn;
718-748-5600
Hummus mingled with hand-chopped lamb, pignoli nuts,
and almonds, or ful medames seasoned with lemon and garlic,
is the Middle Eastern antidote
to the hegemony of waffles and
eggs Benedict.